'Sacked' Tesco security guard stages 20 hour rooftop protest in Reading

Adama Jammeh is staging a protest at the Tesco store where he used to work
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Martin Coulter13 October 2017

A former security guard who claims he was sacked from his local Tesco after being falsely accused of stealing has spent hours protesting on the store's roof.

Adama Jammeh, 46, from Reading, climbed onto the girders above the checkouts in the Tesco Extra on Thursday night.

By 2pm on Friday, he had been up there for more than 20 hours.

The store was evacuated just after 6pm on Thursday after Mr Jammeh, a father-of-two was spotted climbing up to the celing rafters.

He has been protesting outside the store for six months

He has been protesting just outside of the Reading West Tesco store since he was fired six months ago.

According to the Reading Chronicle, the ex-watchman was the subject of a year-long investigation by Thames Valley Police after he was accused of stealing electronics by Tesco and contractor Total Security Services. Although he was cleared by police, Mr Jammeh said Tesco refused to apologise and reinstate him in his old role.

He has been seen carrying signs reading "Total Security Services LTD & Tesco lied about me" and demanding Tesco CEO Dave Lewis come to the store and explain why he has been fired.

In a Facebook live stream, Mr Jammeh said: "I've been protesting here for six months. The Tesco CEO needs to come here and explain to me why I lost my job.

"They told a tribunal they caught me stealing. But why were the police not called? How come I wasn't arrested? There was no evidence.

"I've got kids. This affected my whole family... My wife, my mum, my kids: everyone."

A Tesco spokesman said: "We are aware of an incident at our Reading West Extra store and are assisting police with the matter."

A TSS spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident involving a former employee of Total Security Services and are assisting police and Tesco in this matter."

Thames Valley Police said the incident is ongoing.

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